State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1911 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,620 West Virginia births in 1911 across 371 distinct names.

Distinctively West Virginia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say West Virginia more than they say America.

#56Delbertoutside the national top 200
#62Basiloutside the national top 200
#72Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#62Freda#177 nationally
#86Julian#199 nationally
#30Goldie#140 nationally
#91Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#92Daleoutside the national top 200
#95Hobertoutside the national top 200
#96Virgieoutside the national top 200
#97Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#98Alonzooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary441US #1
#2Virginia161US #26
#3Helen135US #2
#4Margaret114US #3
#5Ruby111US #22
#6Ruth111US #5
#7Thelma111US #27
#8Mildred109US #8
#9Elizabeth97US #7
#10Anna95US #6
#11Hazel94US #25
#12Gladys88US #18
#13Dorothy85US #4
#14Ethel81US #15
#15Nellie81US #54
#16Edith78US #31
#17Opal73US #81
#18Edna70US #17
#19Grace69US #23
#20Alice65US #11
#21Mabel65US #43
#22Eva60US #46
#23Elsie58US #41
#24Evelyn57US #16
#25Marie57US #9
#26Myrtle56US #50
#27Pauline56US #38
#28Pearl56US #48
#29Martha53US #28
#30Goldie52US #140
#31Bessie51US #40
#32Clara50US #33
#33Frances49US #10
#34Louise49US #19
#35Beulah48US #79
#36Irene48US #21
#37Sarah48US #42
#38Lillian46US #13
#39Bertha45US #36
#40Catherine45US #20
#41Katherine41US #55
#42Stella41US #72
#43Minnie40US #52
#44Julia39US #44
#45Lucille36US #32
#46Alma35US #62
#47Beatrice35US #37
#48Josephine35US #29
#49Emma34US #35
#50Laura34US #57
#51Violet34US #83
#52Lena32US #70
#53Ada31US #97
#54Lula31US #94
#55Rose31US #14
#56Sylvia31US #82
#57Wilma31US #102
#58Georgia29US #96
#59Jessie28US #66
#60Vivian28US #80
#61Agnes27US #39
#62Freda27US #177
#63Gertrude27US #30
#64Viola27US #47
#65Lucy26US #77
#66Ella25US #63
#67Ida25US #45
#68Kathleen25US #126
#69Lillie25US #60
#70Nina25US #165
#71Esther24US #34
#72Kathryn24US #73
#73Leona23US #76
#74Nora23US #116
#75Betty22US #69
#76Blanche22US #75
#77Florence22US #12
#78Juanita22US #107
#79Mamie22US #89
#80Bernice21US #51
#81Effie21US #147
#82Mae21US #71
#83Daisy20US #108
#84Ann19US #53
#85Rachel19US #150
#86Hattie18US #86
#87Marguerite18US #87
#88Sadie18US #113
#89Audrey17US #154
#90Della17US #130
#91Dora17US #104
#92Eleanor17US #49
#93Flora17US #117
#94Inez17US #99
#95Olive17US #121
#96Virgie17
#97Cora16US #91
#98Doris16US #56
#99Elva16
#100Eula16US #143

Boys

#1William183US #2
#2John151US #1
#3James146US #3
#4Charles120US #7
#5Robert97US #5
#6George74US #4
#7Harry60US #13
#8Joseph57US #6
#9Frank49US #8
#10Edward40US #9
#11Paul39US #17
#12Raymond38US #19
#13Howard37US #28
#14Roy37US #31
#15Ralph36US #24
#16Thomas36US #10
#17Albert35US #15
#18Earl32US #34
#19Henry30US #11
#20Harold28US #16
#21Clarence27US #23
#22Fred27US #22
#23Walter27US #12
#24Carl26US #26
#25David25US #27
#26Kenneth24US #40
#27Lawrence24US #37
#28Clyde22US #61
#29Herbert22US #41
#30Richard22US #20
#31Samuel21US #30
#32Arthur20US #18
#33Elmer20US #48
#34Ernest20US #32
#35Homer20US #95
#36Donald19US #36
#37Bernard18US #54
#38Ray18US #71
#39Floyd17US #57
#40Louis17US #21
#41Everett16US #102
#42Joe16US #29
#43Lewis16US #66
#44Cecil15US #76
#45Eugene15US #43
#46Russell15US #55
#47Virgil15US #107
#48Clifford14US #62
#49Luther14US #100
#50Willie14US #14
#51Edgar13US #83
#52Hubert13US #119
#53Leonard13US #46
#54Oscar13US #68
#55Andrew12US #42
#56Delbert12
#57Herman12US #49
#58Lee12US #67
#59Marvin12US #82
#60Melvin12US #73
#61Sam12US #47
#62Basil11
#63Chester11US #58
#64Claude11US #87
#65Jesse11US #72
#66Lester10US #65
#67Lloyd10US #74
#68Allen9US #98
#69Alvin9US #89
#70Arnold9US #108
#71Jack9US #25
#72Woodrow9
#73Alfred8US #39
#74Earnest8US #125
#75Edwin8US #60
#76Glenn8US #111
#77Michael8US #38
#78Norman8US #63
#79Oliver8US #115
#80Anthony7US #35
#81Charlie7US #45
#82Francis7US #33
#83Guy7US #136
#84Ira7US #141
#85Jessie7US #79
#86Julian7US #199
#87Lonnie7US #158
#88Theodore7US #56
#89Willard7US #114
#90Archie6US #127
#91Aubrey6
#92Dale6
#93Daniel6US #53
#94Frederick6US #52
#95Hobert6
#96Otis6US #122
#97Roscoe6
#98Alonzo5
#99Arlie5
#100Ben5US #86

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑39Vivian#60
↑38Oscar#54
↑34Lula#54
↑34Ella#66
↑33Virgil#47
↑29Clyde#28
↑28Lena#52
↑26Nina#70

Falling

↓42Florence#77
↓39Jack#71
↓35Blanche#76
↓35Theodore#88
↓33Mae#82
↓33Norman#78
↓29Hattie#86
↓29Cora#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.